Encapsulation of sulfur with thin-layered nickel-based hydroxides for long-cyclic lithium-sulfur cells

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Jiang, Jian ^a,b   Zhu, Jianhui ^b   Ai, Wei ^a,b   Wang, Xiuli ^c   Wang, Yanlong ^b   Zou, Chenji ^b   Huang, Wei ^a,d,e   Yu, Ting ^b,f  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NANJING TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e NANJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^f NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROXIDE; LITHIUM; NANOPARTICLE; NICKEL; SULFUR;

DEGRADATION; ENCAPSULATION; HYDROXIDE; LITHIUM; NICKEL; PERMEABILITY; SULFUR; THIN SECTION;

ARTICLE; CELL ENCAPSULATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; DIFFUSION; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRODE; HYBRID; HYDROPHILICITY; ION PERMEABILITY; KINETICS; LOW TEMPERATURE; PARTICLE SIZE; POLARIZATION; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SYNTHESIS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84986563443     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9622     Document Type: Article

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